Editing Harlan Ellison (section)

===''Star Trek''===
Ellison repeatedly criticized how ''Star Trek'' creator and producer [[Gene Roddenberry]] (and others) rewrote his original script for the 1967 episode "[[The City on the Edge of Forever]]". Despite his objections, Ellison kept his own name on the shooting script instead of using "Cordwainer Bird" to indicate displeasure ([[#Pseudonyms|see above]]).<ref>{{cite book|title = These Are the Voyages: TOS, Season One|page=514|first1= Marc |last1= Cushman|first2= Susan|last2= Osborn|date = 2013|isbn = 9780989238120|publisher = Jacobs/Brown Press}}</ref>

Ellison's original script was first published in the 1976 anthology ''Six Science Fiction Plays'', edited by [[Roger Elwood]].<ref name=isfdb-city1976 /> The aired version was adapted for the ''Star Trek'' [[Photo comics|Fotonovel]] series in 1977.<ref>{{cite book|first = Harlan|last = Ellison|title = The City on the Edge of Forever|publisher = [[Bantam Books]]|date = 1977|isbn = 0-553-11345-3}}.</ref><ref name=worldcat-city /> In 1995, Borderlands Press published ''The City on the Edge of Forever'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ellison |first=Harlan |title= The City on the Edge of Forever |year=1996 |isbn=1-880325-02-0|publisher = Borderlands Press}}</ref> with nearly 300 pages, comprising an essay by Ellison, four versions of the teleplay, and eight "Afterwords" contributed by other parties. He greatly expanded the introduction for the paperback edition,<ref name=isfdb-city1996 /><ref name=LCC1996 /><ref>''Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever'', [[White Wolf Publishing]], 1996; {{ISBN|1-56504-964-0}}.</ref> in which he explained what he called a "fatally inept" treatment.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/jun/29/harlan-ellison-where-to-start-reading |title=Harlan Ellison: where to start reading |date=June 29, 2018 |work=The Guardian |access-date=June 29, 2018 |quote=Ellison felt his story, which was aired in cut form, received a 'fatally inept' treatment. |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629131049/https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/jun/29/harlan-ellison-where-to-start-reading |url-status=live }}</ref>

Both versions of the script won awards: Ellison's original script won the 1968 [[Writers Guild Award]] for best episodic drama in television,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://librarycatalog.wgfoundation.org/title/titleAwards.ashx?id=2484 |title=Writers Guild Foundation Library Catalog |publisher=wgfoundation.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003135818/http://librarycatalog.wgfoundation.org/title/titleAwards.ashx?id=2484 |archive-date=October 3, 2013 |access-date=June 1, 2013}}</ref> while the shooting script won the 1968 [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1968-hugo-awards/ |title=1968 Hugo Awards |website=thehugoawards.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164606/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1968-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=May 7, 2011 |access-date=June 1, 2013}}</ref>

On March 13, 2009, Ellison sued [[CBS Paramount Television]], seeking payment of 25% of net receipts from merchandising, publishing, and other income from the episode since 1967; the suit also names the [[Writers Guild of America]] for allegedly failing to act on Ellison's behalf.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Ellison Sues Star Trek|date=March 13, 2009|url=http://harlanellison.com/heboard/visitors/startrekpressrelease.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320113001/http://harlanellison.com/heboard/visitors/startrekpressrelease.html|access-date=March 15, 2009|archive-date=March 20, 2009}} (Wayback Machine)</ref> On October 23, 2009, ''Variety'' magazine reported that a settlement had been reached.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/ellison-paramount-settle-lawsuit-1118010298/ |title=Ellison, Paramount settle lawsuit |date=October 23, 2009 |work=Variety |access-date=July 1, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701111618/https://variety.com/2009/film/news/ellison-paramount-settle-lawsuit-1118010298/ |url-status=live }}</ref>